March Madness: What to know for the regular season’s home stretch

With less than a month until Selection Sunday, the college basketball regular season is on the home stretch.

Here’s a look at some potential storylines.

1. Cincinnati is solidly in.

Bracketmatrix.com shows Bearcats are widely projected as a No. 7 seed as of this writing, and their remaining schedule should allow coach Mick Cronin’s 21-4 team to solidify that if not move up.

The No. 27 team in the new NET rankings the selection committee is directed to use for picking the field of 68 has home games coming up against UCF (No. 40) and Houston (No. 4) plus a trip to UCF in addition to games against UConn (No. 82), SMU (107) and Memphis (64) that should go in the win column.

2. Ohio State is solidly in — for now.

Ohio State is projected to begin the dreaded 8-9 game, which would mean a second-round date with a No. 1 seed if the Buckeyes survive round one.

There’s a lot of basketball to be played between now and then, though, and a lot could change.